Brake light barely on, it's dim, barely, I did search
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Brake light barely on, it's dim, I did search and read, but...
So at night, recently, my brake light glows, and I guess it does it in the day time too, but I can't see it. It goes out within 5 miles of driving.
I have read 8 or so threads about brake lights and they all say, your fluid is low.
I checked, and filled it to just above the MAX point, no change.
My fluid is nearly opaque and kinda brown, so I will change out the fluid and check pads and drums, but I just wanted to know if it could be anything else, besides a bad fluid guage. Or, is the brown fluid not as dense and the guage is the float sinking in it?
I have read 8 or so threads about brake lights and they all say, your fluid is low.
I checked, and filled it to just above the MAX point, no change.
My fluid is nearly opaque and kinda brown, so I will change out the fluid and check pads and drums, but I just wanted to know if it could be anything else, besides a bad fluid guage. Or, is the brown fluid not as dense and the guage is the float sinking in it?
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I believe that is what he's talking about... The E-brake light is the only light regarding brakes besides ABS. I've got the same issue. I read somewhere that it could be warped rotors... Funny thing is that I do mostly engine braking... so I don't know why it'd do it after all this time.
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The sensor is bad on the float. (lid) Very common unplug it light will go out.
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I will look at the ebrake switch, but if I even slightly pull on the handle, the light goes on full brightness. I will try the sensor, if that is the problem, I know a pick and pull lot with a 22re truck to get it from.
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